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DISH Network L.L.C., Major League Baseball (MLB) and MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) have reached a wide-ranging multi-year agreement that includes the launch of MLB EXTRA INNINGS on DISH, including authenticated access to the #1 LIVE streaming sports service, MLB.TV. The deal also sets the stage for in-market streaming of MLB games in the future. DISH and MLB Network also reached a multi-year renewal agreement for continued carriage of MLB Network and MLB Network Strike Zone, including digital rights for those channels on DISHAnywhere.com and via the DISH AnywhereTM app.

(engadget.com) - The company is reportedly planing to announce a new Apple TV at its Worldwide Developer Conference in June, according to Buzzfeed. And yes, sources say it'll pack in just about everything you've been hoping for: a real App Store, Siri-powered voice commands, and the usual spec bumps (including the new A8 processor and more storage). Nothing's confirmed just yet, but it certainly makes sense that we'll see a new Apple TV at WWDC, especially since we're hearing Apple's planning to debut its long-awaited TV service and Beats-powered streaming music service soon....

* Xbox One users now have access to live sports, movie, lifestyle, family and news channels with Sling TV, including ESPN, AMC, Adult Swim and more* Exclusive limited-time offers for new Sling TV customers on Xbox One* Sling TV users can control their experience on Xbox One through Kinect voice and gesture control, Pinning and Snapping

(LA Times) - Federal regulators on Wednesday accused satellite giant DirecTV of deceptive advertising for not clearly disclosing that a discounted 12-month package required a two-year contract that included a rate hike and large early cancellation fee.

The Federal Trade Commission said there were other misleading practices in DirecTV's offers regarding free premium channels and is seeking "many millions of dollars" in refunds.

SolarCity and DIRECTV Make Solar Power More Accessible and Affordable to Homeowners Across the Country

LONG BEACH, Calif., March 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SolarCity® (NASDAQ: SCTY) and DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV) are teaming up to make affordable solar power even more accessible for homeowners in major cities across the country. The two companies announced the first-of-its-kind program at DIRECTV's California Broadcast Center facility today in Long Beach where SolarCity recently installed a one-megawatt solar system....

(consumerist.com) - Last fall, an AT&T exec claimed that if his company was allowed to merge with DirecTV it could deploy some sort of wireless data service that delivered around 15Mbps to rural customers, but since then there has been very little talk of what this service would actually look like or how and where it would be deployed. But a dig through regulatory filings on the merger turns up a little more info....

(forbes.com) - AT&T‘s acquisition of satellite-TV provider DirecTV and the merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable could be delayed as an ongoing federal case about access to sensitive cable industry documents is complicating the review process. AT&T had agreed to acquire DirecTV in May of last year and regulatory approvals by the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission were expected to take about a year....